abecedarian

adjective4

1. •
   Pertaining to the alphabet, or several alphabets.
2. •
   Arranged in an alphabetical manner.
3. •
   Relating to or resembling an abecedarius.
4. •
   (no longer used) Pertaining to someone learning the alphabet or basic studies; elementary; rudimentary.

noun4

1. •
   Someone who is learning the alphabet.
2. •
   An elementary student, a novice; one in the early steps of learning.

   • A man may alwaies continue his studie, but not schooling. O fond-foolish for an old man to be ever an Abcedarian [translating abecedaire]. — 1603
3. •
   (rhetoric) A work which uses words or lines in alphabetical order.

   • Abecedarian verses are chanted stichoi/stichera verses in which the first letter of each verse follows an alphabetical order.[…]The Amomos, an abecedarian, is the longest psalm in the Psalter[…]. — 2007
4. •
   (no longer used) Someone engaged in teaching the alphabet; an elementary teacher; one that teaches the methods and principles of learning.

noun1

1. •
   (historical) A member of a 16th-century Anabaptist sect, follower of the Zwickau prophets (and specially of Thomas Storch), who believed that any kind of knowledge (even basic reading and writing) would keep one from obtaining salvation.

   • Behind the stable doors, where competitors frenziedly shine tack and polish hooves, Donna McNulty busies herself with her horse, Abecedarian. — 1990